a friday, the chain's once in a lifetime writing contest you don't want to miss. "fox and friends first" starts right now. jillian: the song is perfect. >> connecticut is the maroon 5 of states. >> i like them. do you like connecticut seriously? todd: i love it. jillian: not like the nickel back debate. >> i don't want to say what nicole: is. >> good morning, you are watching "fox and friends first" on friday morning. todd: in just a few hours trading at robin hood will reopen, came stop stopped purchases after they were instructed on the platform. jillian: lawsuits and customer complaints. >> reporter: it has the internet buzzing, the company says they plan to, quote, allow limited buying and will monitor and make adjustments as they see fit and try to clarify what happened yesterday saying it was a risk management decision that was not made under direction of the marketmakers. it was it was two lawsuits last night. the new york ag is involved that is reviewing the company's decision to restrict trading of stocks. the ag says, quote, we are aware of concerns regarding activity on the robin hood apps that includes trading related to the game stop stock, we are reviewing this matter. after two separate lawsuits were filed against robin hood alleging they are manipulated the platform but the ceo of the trading apps defended that. >> to protect the firm and protect our customers we had to limit buying in these stocks, we did this proactively, thousands of other securities remain tradeable on the platform. >> reporter: people were protesting during this chaos, people can be heard yelling shame, asking people at the new york stock exchange how much money they may, even ted cruz and aoc agree there needs to be more information on the decision to block trading. leon cooperman lashed out at the situation. >> the reason the market is doing what it is doing his people are staying at home getting checks from the government. it is a way of attacking wealthy people and it is inappropriate. we'll have to work together and pull together. >> reporter: david fort noises there needs to be an investigation. >> there has to be an investigation, people have to go to jail. whether that happens i don't know but i have never been more convinced about market manipulation and the hedge fund's controlling the game then today. >> reporter: he will join us to discuss his thoughts on the situation with robin hood. kind of a confusing story. jillian: conservative commentator rush limbaugh says this mirrors what is happening in politics. >> it is not just political, the elites are bent out of shape that a bunch of average ordinary users figured out how to make themselves billionaires. if you figure out how to make a lot of money and you're like donald trump and figure out how to get elected and figure out how to beat the deep state they will come out and wipe you out and destroy you. that is what is happening with game stop. now they are actually making it clear to anybody who has the ability to notice that you are not allowed to use the stock market the way they do. you are not allowed to profit, you're not allowed to make the kind of money they do. the game stop business makes this something that is understandable beyond a political world and that is its value. it is not just political anymore. it is not just that you can't think for yourself on issues and matters of politics. everything is rigged in favor of the elites and this has upset that rigging. jillian: foxbusiness network's cheryl casone join us live as the story continues to develop. >> it governor andrew cuomo facing bipartisan backlash following a new report on nursing home coronavirus death in his state. a report from the state attorney general's office, number of nursing home residents who died from the virus is much higher than previously reported. >> an additional 3800 people should be counted under the state's tally of nursing home deaths even though they passed away at the hospital. that brings the total to 13,000 people would former new york governor george pataki coming up with the leadership. >> this is a new low. for months legislators have tried to get those numbers from the governor's office have been stonewalled and now we know why. >> the health department backs up this report while bill deblasio calls for the full truth. >> a story that got a little attention in the media but not much. >> abc 0, 8 seconds, and be seen as one minute 26 seconds, cnn again, cable is from 9 am to 10:00 pm, cnn covering a whopping of 8 seconds, chris cuomo, andrew cuomo's brother, on cnn, new york congresswoman stefanik asking questions on this since the beginning, she says it is nice to finally see a push to justice. >> so much more than a nursing home scandal, this is a massive corruption scandal at the highest level of new york state government. there have been advocates who lost loved ones who have been asking for answers and accountability and transparency and at every turn the governor and his staff individuals. one of the most notable and effective advocates is janice dean and they have belittled her each and every day going so far as calling phase family advocates part of a cold. today, the first step towards justice. we need to get answers and dishes subpoenas immediately against the governor, the commissioner of health in new york state, doctor zucker and his senior staff because the corruption is the cover-up. todd: janice dean lost her in-laws to the coronavirus after they were in new york nursing homes. she will join us live later. the white house, defending president biden's use of executive orders. >> the president responding to criticism over his orders saying he is undoing the, quote, damage done by donald trump. >> president biden is now dealing new orders on immigration. what is this about? >> the president was supposed to send orders pertaining to immigration, rolling out trump era policies that fox news learning some or all are being hunted to next week, no explanation for the delay but let's talk about the avalanche of actions in the first we 10 days, president biden exercising those powers 40 times, 25 of those have been executive orders. let's compare that to previous presidents in their first 10 days, trump had six, obama five, george w. bush and clinton two, already the aggressive use pandering criticism from the liberal new york times editorial board who said put it down yesterday, the headline read ease up on the executive actions and writing the editorial this, quote, president biden is right to not let his agenda be held hostage by legislating through congress is a better path. at the white house president biden defended his actions. >> about the sign two executive orders to undo the damage trump is done. >> meanwhile republicans are blasting what they see as executive overreach, watch this. >> he doesn't need -- this using his pen and phone, and satisfying every desire of the radical left wing of his party. >> reporter: some of these actions are drawing lawsuits over deportation moratorium and legislation being offered by republicans, on the oil and gas lease. of them to establish task force into reunifying family separated at the border and the other would increase refugee admissions. >> this won't be the last lawsuit following these 40 executive orders. jillian: new overnight, 9 injured after ingesting an unknown substance. it happens during a training exercise at fort bliss in el paso, texas, the army base located just across the mexico border at the home of america's tent division. little details are known at this time and investigation is underway. todd: the pentagon will offer the coronavirus vaccine to guantánamo bay prisoners just days after president biden said will take months for the majority of you to receive a dose. a memo approved a shipment of the vaccine to the prison in cuba, doses could be offered to all 40 detainees including 9/11 suspects as soon as monday. jillian: and nypd officer met with the crowd cheers as he is released from the hospital. look at that. daniel vargas was in good spirits waving to his brothers and sisters in blue, he was shot below his bulletproof as well chasing an armed suspect, he is expected to make a full recovery. it was in florida fighting back against calls to shutdown businesses. >> lockdowns don't cure anything even putting aside the economy lockdowns don't work. todd: why he says blanket closures are not the answer. jillian: animal-rights groups calling foul for those who call people chicken, the plea to end animal insults writing up social media. ♪♪ don't settle for silver #1 for diabetic dry skin* #1 for psoriasis symptom relief* and #1 for eczema symptom relief* gold bond champion your skin neil: the former white house coronavirus task force recommended closure of bars, restaurants engines in florida, the report released january 17th said the situation remains unstable and florida should mitigate ongoing community spread. jillian: as we end the january, the numbers are 8408 in the state down from its january high of 31,000. let's go ahead and pull these numbers and dive into them for a good look at this. the difference between new cases january 2nd to january 20 eighth. this report was released mid january and the middle of this number. does this tell you the case numbers have been down, you have bars and restaurants and things open in florida, what about the need for these lockdowns? >> we don't need lockdowns for sure but the state of florida is doing things right. if you look at miami-dade and compared to santa rosa county, it is completely different, treating florida as a single entity is not the right way to go. todd: here's what you're governor had to say. >> we focus protection on elderly people rather than trying to shut the entire society down. lockdowns don't cure anything. even putting aside the economy lockdowns don't work. to take the proper prakashan. todd: what is your advice to leaders in the federal government pushing lockdowns in some form almost one year into the pandemic? >> they have to open their eyes and see whether they worked or not, states like california and new york, they have the biggest problems and don't work. my advice to other policymakers is take the information from the task force, they are designed to focus on the problem and our responsibility as lawmakers is to look at the whole problem so we can solve not only the medical problem but the economic problem. jillian: california, it boggles my mind every time we do stories about outdoor dining bans, we've seen that forever at this point. when do we get on the same page the with the right way to move forward with it because we are coming up on a year and people, businesses have been lost. >> we have to take politics out of the science, we hear people from the left espousing the most draconian things they can think of and not living up to them themselves. until we take politics out of the science we are not going to be on the same page. todd: we appreciate your insight, thank you very much. jillian: after defunding the police the city of austin is using those funds to help homeless and pricing hotels. todd: mobilizing to impeach a fellow member, wearing a blue lives matter mask. ♪♪ todd: student government at rochester institute of technology looking to impeach a fellow member for defendant the security guard social who wore a blue lives matter mask on campus. jacob, thanks for getting up with us. negative attitudes towards members, blatant disregard of the effect of controversial topics such as blue lives matter and how it affects the black and brown community and blatant disregard for anyone's use. why is blue lives matter controversial? >> counteracting the black lives matter movement, to understand the impact on black and brown community. todd: how do you respond to the attack that you blame disregard for anyone's views. why do they say? >> i simply disagree with their view pursuing censorship policy and the other thing, they are coming after me. todd: why have colleges grown so anti-opposing viewpoints when literally you get marketed by these colleges as intellectual bastian's where everybody can express their viewpoints and you can learn from fellow students. why has that been done away with? >> very good question on college campuses. there is a culture being created that affects the next generation of students. it is a concern. why they are starting i have no idea. todd: i raise this point. when i was in college, they call misa but i'm older than you. i graduated in 2000. i had a class with a gentleman who literally wrote the book on welfare culture and one of the members of that class is now one of the most conservative federal judges on the bench, we had civil discourse, discussed things openly, learn from each other. i feel like that doesn't exist anymore. would you agree? >> i do agree. todd: that is a shame, not every student willing to be as public as you. what do your fellow conservative students tell you in private? >> what to my, conservatives tell me in private? what they tell me in private a lot of them tell me they are thankful they have someone stand up for their right to freedom of speech and being able to stay strong. todd: please check back with us and let us know updates to your situation, we are interested in that and wants to bring that to our audience, thank you. jillian: graduated in 2000? coming up biden's chief of staff defending teachers unions for returning to return to the classroom his critics claim he is defining science. >> what you are seeing is schools haven't made the investments. jillian: are they putting students first? a teacher, doctor and advocate for in person learning join us live next. ♪♪ ♪ if i could be you and you could be me ♪ ♪ for just one hour ♪ ♪ if we could find a way to get inside each other's mind ♪ ♪ walk a mile in my shoes ♪ ♪ walk a mile in my shoes ♪ ♪ well before you abuse, criticize and accuse ♪ ♪ walk a mile in my shoes ♪ jillian: democrats announce hearings on the stock market as wall street reels from the controversy. senator gerard brown of the senate banking and housing committees his people on wall street only care about the rules when they are the ones getting hurt. the white house came out of the controversy but defending janet yellen who received 810,$000 from the hedge fund in the recent game stop friendly. jen psaki says is the no surprise yellen received the money. steve hilton says this whole situation shows corruption between politics and wall street. >> perfect example of a rigged economic model where the wealthy are allowed to make money by manipulating the stock market and through financial trickery, producing absolutely nothing and other people who may have been the little people assigned blue-collar jobs which have been lost want to get into financial trickery are stopped from doing it. you look at the way, the revolving door between the powerful politician in these industries, look at janet yellen the treasury secretary, she was paid nearly $1 million by one of the hedge funds involved in this. she's up to her neck and it. look at robin hood, the people they hired as their lobbyists and consultantss. it shows how corrupt the system is, this story has a long way to go. jillian: it will reopen for limited buying today. todd: a series of executive orders rolling back restrictions in the us, the president reversing several antiabortion policies under the trump administration was one of the orders, the controversial mexico city policy barring us foreign aid to any organization, progressive lawmakers praise the administration's pro-choice agenda as republicans plead for the president to reconsider. no matter the policy we must always push to protect life. >> this political football going back and forth, we knew this was going to happen. it is unfortunate that happened. a reminder to those who care about protecting life that whatever happens at the top we have work to do. life should be protected. >> so many events this will be virtual. >> new biden administration backing teachers unions to refuse to return to the classroom. >> what you are seeing is schools that haven't made investments to keep students safe. we need to do things to open safely. most teachers i talked to wants to be back in the classroom and know that it is safe. >> that up families protesting as the cdc announces kids can safely go back to school, many asking what is the hold up, joining me to discuss, jessica, fox news medical contributor dr. janette nesheiwat and advocating for in person learning, steve, thank you for joining me, appreciate it. jessica, as a teacher, a high school teacher are you fed up and if so how fed up are you? >> i want to go back so my students can learn correctly. students progressing socially, they are not able to come back. jillian: have you had students reach out in frustration? >> they do. a lot of them want to go back. they feel they can do it safely and it is better for them to be back. jillian: let's pull up these mitigation strategies for schools and that includes consistent use of masks, social distancing to the largest extent possible, hygiene and respiratory etiquette, contact tracing in collaboration with your local health department. what does the science say? >> if we follow the cdc guidelines we can reopen school safely and it is easy. we just have to have health safety action plan in place which starts off with the prevalence of covid-19 in your community. is it low? is there a strategic plan to protect the students and staff who are most at risk and ensure everyone is wearing their mass, looking at the ventilation system, filtration system, there is a lot that can be done. the science and data and facts tell us we have the ability to do it and it is a matter of putting those protocols in place. one of the top priorities getting students back at their desks in the classroom is critical that we ensure the overall health and well-being of children is met, they need to be in an environment conducive for learning, growth, cognitive development. they require social interaction and social engagements, it can infect them in so many ways, mentally, physically, emotionally so being in school is like nourishment and food for their brains. jillian: you have been treating patients from day one when this started. telling what you have seen how many kids you have treated and any reason they shouldn't be as a doctor? >> the data, the transmission rate in school is less then that in the community. i have seen hundreds of covid-19 patients and a few that were you on children, adolescents, the majority of them were adults, older patients. that goes to show you who the virus is affecting the majority of the time, older patients up to 75, 85, is a blessing. jillian: i am sure that is why you and others are fighting and are frustrated because you want your kids to be able to go back to school. >> yes. that is absolutely right. we are frustrated at this point as the doctor pointed out, we enacted the safest -- safety required protocol for elementary school k-5 opening for this past week. quite a bit of remediation work had been done to buildings, various facilities and safety protocols which met state requirements for one reason or another, they have not been able to satisfactorily come to an agreement, children remains abandoned, the school remains closed, they move away from the key constituent which are the children, the welfare and all the residual effects of being out of school, it is a difficult situation. we are frustrated and pushing hard and don't see any reason given the direction of the cdc or the apps store, the numbers support going back to school, we see that "happening now". jillian: have you got a vaccine yet? >> i on. jillian: will you get it when you are able to get it? >> i don't plan on getting it anytime soon. jillian: thank you for joining us. such an important conversation we need to continue to have. todd: city council voting to buy the hotel with money taken from the police budget, purchased for $6 million, $6.5 million fund to cover operating costs, that taken from the police budget. a vote on that is postponed for the time. two escaped inmates in arizona. >> get on the ground now. get on the ground. todd: look at that video. officers taking down john sharpy oh 14 miles from the prison after several tips from residents to escape over the weekend. he is a convicted sex offender serving 35 years, 100 years for kidnapping and burglary. almost 90% is the effectiveness of the nova fax coronavirus vaccine, in south african files when faced with a more contagious variant found in the country the vaccine was only 50% effective. the us announced its first confirmed case of this variant in south carolina yesterday. pfizer and modern so they said they are viruses are effective against that variant. eric garcetti getting his first coronavirus vaccine dose despite saying in december he would not jump the queue. garcetti defending his decision to get the vaccine. >> it is important when people get that medical advice to say yes and be examined. not to be an example because you're an elected official but when it comes we need people to know you should say yes and feel good about this vaccine being safe and make sure we do that as well. >> pretty unhealthy guy. california vaccine guideline says it should only be offered to those over 65 as well as the health care and nursing home workers. talk about a story that is getting a lot of people talking come mostly you and me during breaks, peta taking its mission to protect animals to the extreme. we go through the list of names the group call supremacist language. jillian: ease up on the executive actions, the online back lash to overuse of the power of the pen next. image we will need a supplemental for more secure members when the enemy is within the house of representatives. we have members of congress who have threatened violence on other members of congress. todd: nancy pelosi sparking backlash for calling armed lawmakers security threats. congress needs extra funding for additional protection from 32 lawmakers, a letter about significant uptick, ralph norman weighing in in the next hour. >> a new york times op-ed criticize joe biden's use of executive orders. todd: carley shimkus is here with the back and forth. carley: can you believe it? the new york times issued criticism of president biden, although late criticism, the editorial board wrote an op-ed title these up on the executive action, they write by design such actions are more limited in what they can achieve them legislation and presidents to overreach invite intervention by courts. white house communications director feels slim at times in a suite, during the primary they encouraged voters to consider what a president can accomplish through executive action so my question is which action the president took to reverse donald trump's executive orders with a have liked to see him not to sue. this is notable because it is the first time president biden has received criticism from a very biden friendly media. interesting reaction coming in on social media, joe said this before the election, you can't do it by executive order unless you are a dictator, 30 executive orders in eight days and the new york times is becoming best known for having a great crossword puzzle. jade is an outside the box thinker, all executive orders should have a maximum life of three years if congress does not make them a real law they disappear or get renewed for another 3 years, they get one renewal and then did. this goes for any president from any party. she has thought about executive orders. i am not going to lie to you. i have a lot of lazy days especially on weekends but never once have i call myself sloth and i don't think you should but peter wants people to stop using animal names to insult other people. we've got some of them here. instead of chicken use coward, instead of rat say snitch, snake, stay snake, that person is not a snake, theater, paper, repulsive, and i guess you were being a sloth, you weren't being lazy. peta says using animal names as insults is supremacist language was how do people react? like this, jeff says i can't tell if this is real where you guys are making fun of your self. this twitter user says pig isn't going to work, i went to danny's last night at 8 like a repulsive. this is my 7 years being a vegan and i'm begging you to never tweet again. some vegans are saying you're making us look bad. todd: you want to get together after the show and write apology letters? meantime you can get a french crawler and lifetime of honeydew. carley: if you like your coffee as much as you like your significant other this deal is for you, duncan is offering a chance to win a drive-through wedding. brother will, you've got to follow duncan and instagram as part of your love story and why you want to get married at a drive-through, only open to new york state residents, everybody outside new york state, it ends january 30th. this is one way to espresso your love. on my list of things to do. todd: may be they have a starbucks. the proposals i got there. jillian: from a happy beginning for one coupled to a bittersweet end of 39 years of service. change it has been my honor to serve the state of oklahoma. jillian: and emotional final call for oklahoma highway patrol trooper robert god. his son posting the video writing not many get to see their hero on a daily basis. i was able to call him dad, thank you for your service. still ahead governor cuomo facing bipartisan backlash as a new report shows underreported covid-19 death and nursing homes. todd: janice dean whose in-laws died from the coronavirus in a nursing home said justice might come soon. she joins us live next. todd: a harrowing report that the number of nursing home residents who died of covid-19 could be 50% higher than what the state reported. jillian: janice dean lost her in-laws to covid-19 two separate nursing homes and joins us with her reaction. i have to imagine you feel some sense of relief because you have been one of the most vocal advocates for so many people who lost family members and didn't know where to turn. how do you feel? carley: >> janice: a sense of relief but there's more work to do. this is just the door opening to a bipartisan investigation from both sides, the governor, the administration at health department which i have been asking for since the beginning. although this is good news that what we were suspecting is true, those numbers are much higher than reported and they lied about it and deceived all of us, there is still more work to do and let me say this. i know you are putting a lot of weight on me saying i hope to do this but fox news, "fox and friends," my friends in this building at fox news, i am so grateful because this is something they never had to experience before, tremendous loss on a personal level land you have given me this platform to use this for good and i'm so grateful to my bosses, i don't think this would have happened without "fox and friends" and all the good people that helped me tell my story. todd: people don't realize how good our bosses are behind-the-scenes. in your case allowing you to amplify his cause to the people. deaths were caused by insufficient ppe for staff, insufficient testing, lack of nursing home compliance, and the march order to admit covid-19 patients into nursing homes. as someone who's willing to regulate everyone else, why did governor cuomo fail so miserably at this? >> janice: a good question and that is why our work is just beginning. there needs to be an investigation to this governor. he needs to be put on a stand to tell the whole truth and nothing but the truth and get expert witnesses, nursing home workers on the stand. this is bigger than all of us. the nursing home industry, taking floorboards and looking underneath and seeing all the rocks. this might be a bigger story we need to follow in terms of the whole nursing home industry. todd: you have been verbally attacked by many people including as you say some of the governor's spokespeople. what would you say to the governor if you were to have a conversation with him? >> janice: i don't know if that they would happen. i was hoping for in the beginning, i was hoping at some point on television during his press conferences he would say i am sorry for your loss. he has never done that. he just passed blame, blamed everyone else and everything else for the executive order he signed for 46 days to put infected patients in nursing homes and i believe that is one of the main reasons we had so many deaths today. todd: you are our friend and we miss the times we could joke around about the weather. this is a serious story, deadly serious, literally deadly serious and the country, state, we owe you a debt of gratitude for having a voice for those people, in senior citizens homes and nursing homes, they can't defend themselves, you did for them and for that you should be proud, thanks. >> janice: thank you both and i love you both. todd: we will be right back. when we started our business we were paying an arm and a leg for postage. i remember setting up shipstation. one or two clicks and everything was up and running. i was printing out labels and saving money. shipstation saves us so much time. it makes it really easy and seamless. pick an order, print everything you need, slap the label onto the box, and it's ready to go. our costs for shipping were cut in half. just like that. shipstation. the #1 choice of online sellers. go to shipstation.com/tv and get 2 months free. robinhood believes now is the time to do money — shipstation. the without the commission of fees and account minimums. so, you can start investing today, wherever you are — even on the bus. download now and get your first stock on us. robinhood. jillian: the market opens just hours from now as training at robin hood said it would reopen game stop, the latest on the david versus goliath story turning the finance world upside down. todd: one week, 40 executive actions, the biden administration saying it is damage control from the trump administration but even the new york times has taken note saying come on, man, ease up, joe.